Around Town

Around Town

March 17, 1991

`CELEBRATION' GALA

NORFOLK - The Chrysler Museum and The Virginia Symphony will join forces May 11 for "Celebration," a fund-raiser featuring the Bolshoi Ballet.

FOR THE RECORD - Published correction ran Tuesday, March 19, 1991. The Around Town calendar in Sunday's Arts & Leisure section incorrectly stated that the Shaw University Choir would perform Thursday. The choir will perform Wednesday.

The evening will feature the Bolshoi Ballet accompanied by the Virginia Symphony, followed by dinner, dancing and a preview of the American Watercolors exhibit from the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Chrysler.

Tickets are $350 per couple, $175 for singles. A second sponsorship ticket for $1,000 per couple or $500 for singles includes a pre-performance cocktail party at the Moses Myers House complete with authentic Russian foods, first choice for seating and a special surprise.

Reservations may be made by sending a check payable to "Celebration," Virginia Symphony, P.O. Box 26, Norfolk, VA 23501. Reservations with Visa or Mastercard will also be taken by calling 380-0040.

Founded in 1985 at Boston University, the quintet has become widely known for its traditional and contemporary repertoire. The members include trumpeters Joseph Foley and Jeffrey Luke, French hornist Robert Rasmussen, trombonist John Faieta, and tubist John Manning.

The concert, part of the college's Concert Series, will replace the Boys' Choir of Harlem which was canceled in February. Individual tickets will be available at the box office the evening of the performance. Seating for season ticket holders is guaranteed until 8 p.m.

BEA KOPP PHOTOGRAPHS

NEWPORT NEWS - A Christopher Newport College's Falk Art Gallery will display "The Preservation of Memory," photographs by photojournalist Bea Kopp, former director of photography for The Daily Press.

The show, which runs through April 5, includes unusual photos taken of the carousel horses from Buckroe Beach as well as photos taken in England, France and Spain.

The gallery, located in Gosnold Hall, is open from 11 a.m..-3 p.m. weekdays and 1-3 p.m. Sunday. Call 594-7089 for information.

ROBERT WEIRICH

HAMPTON - A Pianist Robert Weirich will perform at 8:15 p.m. March 25 in Hampton University's Ogden Hall.

Since 1985, Weirich has taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. He has received a solo recitalist grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.

Weirich will appear on the college's Musical Arts Society series.

Tickets are $5-$7 (free to HU students and staff) and available at the door or by calling 727-5457.

CHRYSLER MUSEUM PHOTOS

NORFOLK - Laced with dark humor and a deceivingly casual air, 12 photographic works examining 20th-century life and the future will be on view at The Chrysler Museum April 11-June 16.

"Patrick Nagatani and Andree Tracey, Collaborative Polaroids" dramatizes the anxieties associated with living in the modern era and the terror of nulcear holocaust. The pair produces their images through the use of painting, installation, performance and photography. Both frequently pose as models and Nagatani photographs the sets.

The museum is located at Olney Road and Mowbray Arch. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. A $3 donation is suggested for admission to the Museum. For a recorded message on weekly events, call 622-2787.

`ORCHESIS'

WILLIAMSBURG - "Orchesis," a concert by the College of William and Mary dance department, will present a free evening of dance at 8:15 p.m. Thursday-Saturday in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall.

SUFFOLK - The Second Annual Hampton Roads Intercollegiate Juried Exhibition will open March 28 at Riddick's Folly.

Students from colleges and universities all over Hampton Roads submitted one hundred thirty nine works for consideration. Juror Deborah D. McLeod, Curator at the Peninsula Fine Art Center in Newport News, chose thirty nine for exhibition, which runs through May 10.